Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-14

NOT Slre ARR she nausel-"l IN no
sure but that. now that | have made up
my mind to break or my Irritation with
him, | Ike him rather bitter than |
thought | did. If it's going 10 be hGrl on
HIM, it's just possible that it may he q
little hard on me also
Cora delivered herself of this little
harangue before the mahogany bureau
and its mirror, where, indeed, she seemed
usually to be standing when in the retire
ment Of her own room.
What sort Of answer she expected me
to make | do not know, but what | did
say, bluntly, was this;
Il wonder if you're blind, or if you
think | am; 1t has struck me that Mr..
Whitney is doing on his side just what
you are doing on yours-withdrawing."
/ suppose these are brutal things to say
to a girl. But Cora was of the sort who
could stand them. Her best quality was
an elastic, iibrous, indestructible kind Of
courage and franliness. She never hesi-
tatcd to apply the test of the latter to
herself. Sine now turned round and
looked at me with a placid contem-
p~latiyeness.
Il have noticed that" she said,
calmly. what do you suppose is the
reason? wonder if any one can have
been saying anything
What could they say?"
lone never knows" she returned,
falling to fresh brushings of her hair
with an absent hand.
| will admit that il Cora had culti-
waited but one art she had mastered that
one in all its details, and attained not
alone a wondrous seem for the possibili.
tics Of its successive stages, but, which
appears TO he rare enough to entitle it to
special commendatory mention, an
equally nfailing instinct with regard TO
the exact time when the game might lie
said 10 have passed out of her hands.
She acted now with a promptncss and
finish which | could not but imWriiallv
admire. Instead Of cnoryating herself
in hatiltd attempts To draw her r~ccalcit-
rant admircr lack within the circle of
her fascination she announced to him,
with a charmingly natural gaycty, the
next day. that she had suddenly decided
to 20 back to town.
Il am very sorry To go, toe" She said,
pcnsively. II have had such a very ar.
lightful time, in spite of the lullnuss,
thanks To- You. Mr.. Whitney"
She did the whole thing 50 well that in
token Of my approval | told her | would
20 back home with her.
We left, with living colors, the follow.
ing morning.
MIR. Whitney, laden with u basket Of
fruit, etc. came down TO See us or. lie
stood on the platform till the train began
to move, and to the last Cora piled him
with smiles. As he stepped Lack from our
window with a parting salute and "A ling
ering look toward Cora. two Young men
came running along the platform and
boarded our gliding car. which appeared
to Ia the last. They caught sight # him.
shouted a Hello! You hcrci' laughed,
nodded; and then StanhoIe Whitney
passed out Of our sight.
The two young men found an empty
seat Immediately front Of Cora and my
self.
wonder what Whitney is doing at this
jumping off place. cried one of them.
"Oh.he's puttingthe new road through,
you know said the other.
That so:' And they opened their
newspapers.
An hour later, as we were waiting, in
the purpusclcss fashion way trains affect
in rural districts. at an unintrr-t luuk-
ing station, for apparently nothing in par
tcular, it became evident that our neigh
bors had fallen to discussing the friend
from whom Cora had just summarily
parted.
by Joyc!' n Of them was exclaim-
ing, 'if the girl had been a sister Of mine
! would have had something Ia say about
that. | think"
"Old trick Of Whitney, returned the
other, nunchalantly. Hes going for
money, you know. / have known him
TO have half a dozen such affairs. ii. in
the middle of a Irritation. he finds ont
that a girls financial prospects arr slim,
or nil, he has no scruple ahoUt drawing
gracefully into the bacEground-at once
not the least. He'll gain his point yct.
you'll see. Nhatcyer's the reason, the
girls all take 10 him. lie seems to have a
certain way with him. There always one
or another on the taps. Tho one with
the hatful Of money will bc forthcoming
II ofthcSe days, too. / haven't doubt"
| turned slowly, and Imct Cora's eyes.
She had heard, Of course. u distinctly as
myself. Suddenly she put her handEer-
chief up to her face ami burst. icLiHl it,
shelter, into an intcrminabLa peal OF
noi~,lcss laughter. These, thou. were lit
tie games at which two could play as
well as one.-Eyclyn Thorlc in New
York Mercury.